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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1948
Page
8
The record notes cloudier, cooler days with variable winds and temperature ranges from 40 to 70 across the region. Legal items include fines for disturbances of the peace, drunkenness and traffic violations, plus multiple divorce petitions and obituaries from towns like Iowa City, North Liberty, Tama, West Union, and Independence.
Cedar Rapids council issued several new beer permits after a district court ruling nullified part of the 300 foot no sale rule near churches. Two groceries won class C permits for carry-out beer, while others paid bonds and received permits. no action yet on Commonwealth apartments class B license.
DES MOINES AP the state comptroller s office declined to issue paychecks to 32 employees of the department of public instruction because of insufficient funds in the department s salary account The checks were due for the last half of September Jessie M Parker department superintendent did not comment beyond saying she believed the issue would be ironed out after Gov Blue returns from a trip to Des Moines The comptroller s office said Miss Parker sought to cover a 5100 shortage from a balance carried over from the previous fiscal year and that the governor and comptroller declined to accept the proposal
Mrs. William A. Gallagher of 1311 Burch Avenue NW died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. J. Lenihan officiating. Burial follows at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Lenihan will recite the Rosary at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Monahan home, where friends may call.
Death notice for Mrs Commodore Perry of 1423 Third Street SE with services at Kuba funeral home 8 30 a m Friday and 9 a m at St Wenceslaus. burial Mt Calvary cemetery. Rosary led by Father Chihak and the Sanctuary Guild at 8 30 p m Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may call.
Services for Harry H. Houston of 1903 Fourth avenue SE will be conducted at 1 30 p m Friday in Beatty chapel by Rev A B Curran. Military rites are planned at Coggan cemetery graveside. Friends may call at the chapel.
Paul W. Stanley 40 of 1017 Twelfth street NE employed by Iowa Electric Light and Power Company died early Thursday at University hospital in Iowa ty. Survived by wife Gladys son Paul W. Stanley Jr mother Mrs. Earl Stanley Cedar Rapids sister Mrs. Herbert Hampton St. Louis. Services at Beatty chapel time pending. Burial Cedar Memorial cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Friday.
Funeral services for Charles Feyerabend, a retired farmer and lifelong Linn county resident, will be held Friday at 1 30 p m in the Turner chapel with Rev Z F Pauk officiating. Burial will follow in Walker cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
One hundred twenty five Conservative Baptist Lay Men’s Association of Iowa members attended a banquet at Calvary Baptist church. Dr R V Clearwater former Calvary pastor now at Fourth Baptist Minneapolis gave the keynote. Harold Lanton served as toastmaster and Ray Reesink of Muscatine, association president, presided at the business session. Plans were announced for the organizational meeting of the Conservative Baptist Association of Iowa to be held at Boone October 11 and 12.
U S monitors record four Moscow propaganda attacks on Iran in one day plus a clandestine Azerbaijan station jab. Reports claim Iran may join an Arab bloc while Tudeh party increases activity. Ambassador Wiley in Tehran as Soviet envoy and military attache are listed as on vacation.
Frances Korbelik, 16, was acquitted by a circuit court jury of murdering her father William Korbelik, 40. Judge Win G Knock sustained the defense motion to exclude a signed confession, citing the defendant's tender years and unclear understanding of constitutional rights. The body was found May 3 in the basement, hidden under boards after a Jan. 10 shooting. Frances had previously told police her father came home intoxicated and attacked her.
Paris AP reports the United Nations Security Council fixed 3 p.m. Monday for the opening hearings on the Western charge that Russia is endangering world peace by its blockade of Berlin.
Dean Acheson stated the tide has turned against Russia's drive for world power while cautioning on the Berlin crisis. He said the United States is not doing badly in efforts to build peace through world economic recovery.
Four citizens petitioned the city council to ban parking on the north side of G Avenue NE from Oakland Avenue to Fourteenth Street. They cited safety and access concerns for neighborhood children and easement rights. The council referred the request to the traffic department for investigation and report.
Roscoe W. Fry, 50, of Des Moines, held on embezzlement by agent charges in Cedar Rapids. He allegedly took 6.50 as a down payment for an order of book matches from J. F. Schultz Company May 14. order never delivered and Superior Match Co. was notified. Fry was arrested on a justice court warrant in Des Moines and returned to Cedar Rapids by investigators.
Two student nurses from Mercy and St. Luke's will represent their schools in the Iowa Student Nurse for 1948 contest to be held in Fort Dodge October 13 to 16. Margaret Ryan of Mercy and Bonnie Cooper of St. Luke's were chosen by their schools to participate. The event will judge attractiveness scholastic and nursing ability and school activities. The convention agenda includes speeches business meetings and entertainment as nearly 3 000 Iowa nurses discuss wage standards policies and licensing.
City Clerk Maude Krebs urges Cedar Rapids residents to register now for the November elections. Since June, 794 new voters signed up and 524 change of address cards were filed, with 254 following the latest appeal.
Theodore V. Northland seeks 500 for injuries and 435 for accident damages from Merchants Motor Freight for a Dec 2 1947 collision on Seventh street between Second and Third avenues SE. R A Hansen sues Norris Williams for 221.21 for damages from a May 14 1947 collision on the Marion road near Cedar Memorial park entrance when a U turn allegedly blocked his path.
A habeas corpus action seeks the return of two year old Don Robert Munsell. Father Daryl R. Munsell names paternal grandmother Mable Munsell as respondent. Judge M C Hamiel set a hearing and ordered the child brought before the court. Custody arose from a decree dated January 18 1947 in Rosemary Ann Munsell's divorce from Munsell.
Frank Blozvich, 20, of 1240 Third Street NW, was jailed to serve a four month sentence after a suspension was revoked. Deputy Whittemore reported the embezzlement by agent conviction, first handed on July 16, with a $50 check to Merveaux Coal Company allegedly bouncing triggering the revocation.
Patrolmen Leland Nelson and Ralph Mikesell ended up locked inside a grocery store at 67 Sixteenth Avenue SW after entering through an open basement window at 1 30 a m They searched the store and found the door secured by a Yale lock They called the owner who released them and secured the building.
City Briefs cover Dr and Mrs H E Pfeiffer return from a three week East trip. Magicians meet at Y M C A Cedar Rapids 7 30 pm Friday. Whipple elected Iowa Association of Insurance Agents vice president at Des Moines convention. Walker Smith Jr elected Parsons college freshman class secretary treasurer. Dale Kocirik named Drake university radio department student staff program director. Cedar Rapids Rotary members attend Waterloo past president party. 450 Rotarians hear river steam boating lecture by William Peterson.
Cedar Rapids fire losses for August totaled $2,935.50, down from July’s $12,572.39. Insurance covered the entire loss with $2,864 applied to buildings and $71.50 to contents. Structures where fires occurred were valued at $12,359,775. contents valued at $72,550.
Cedar Rapids recruiting station lists ten enlistments including four in the air force: George D. Hendryx Donald E. Hackbarth John W. Long and Verne P. Yerkes all from eastern Iowa towns Center Point Monticello Vinton and Tama. Regular army enlistees include Donald E. Schlimmer Donald E. McIntyre James C. Peal Donovan E. Brown Robert Kacena Jr and Richard C. Moyer from Monticello Vinton Tama and Cedar Rapids area. Richard C. Moyer reenlisted in the air force.
In St Louis during a National Guard event Secretary Royall warned that a few powerful men determine a new war while insisting war is not imminent. He condemned Soviet pressure tactics and bloc policy, urged realistic policy suggestions, and defended U.S. resolve to stay in Berlin amid UN discussions.
In Paris, Soviet Delegate Andrei Vishinsky criticized a map he claimed depicted a Third World War in the Pacific theater. Esso marketers said the map is the third in a World War II series titled A third war map.
Robert D. Noble of Iowa City asked Circuit Judge Dan Powell to appoint a different judge for his reckless homicide trial. Powell said he would grant the request and a date will be set after a special judge is chosen. Noble, 29, is on bond and pled innocent in the Notre Dame game related crash that killed two people on Oct. 25, 1947.
Iowa City University Hospitals reports 16 active polio cases under treatment. New admissions include Joe Crooks nine Dougherty in poor condition James Frazee sixteen Goose Lake in good condition Chester Reeve thirty farm resident west of town in fair condition Barbara Anderman four Arlington admitted Sunday in fair condition La Verne Brandt eleven State Center admitted Wednesday in serious condition Elsie Holmes seventeen Winthrop admitted Wednesday in good condition.
A Mer chants Motor Freight semi trailer laden with furnaces crashed into a bridge near Readlyn Iowa and burned Wednesday night. The driver Glen from Des Moines escaped injury. The trailer was destroyed and the truck caught fire. The truck was en route from Cedar Rapids to St Paul. Insurance covered the loss.
Ottumwa AP notes an additional 28 John Morrell and Company workers in the smoked meat department were suspended until Monday. The suspensions followed their refusal to take vacated jobs of two women previously suspended for allegedly not keeping up with the workload.
Warsaw reports that on Thursday the Polish Council of Ministers declared the bread rationing program ended. The move comes as wartime shortages ease and supply lines improve, with authorities outlining new distribution steps and relief measures for citizens.
Washington observers say a CIO split looms as Communist-linked unions face expulsion probes and AEC blacklisting stiffens pressure. A Portland convention and Oct. 14 hearings set the stage for a potential rightward realignment affecting tens of thousands of members.
About 15 Cedar Rapids residents joined a 10 car procession protesting high milk and meat prices. A public address system spread the message as participants waved signs downtown while rain fell and shoppers rushed to buses. Meat prices remained unchanged.
Tama Indian John Wolf freed on $500 bond after being held in Linn county jail since Friday on illegal possession of home brew. His wife, held on a federal charge of giving beer to minor Indians, was jailed on $500 bond after waiving to the federal grand jury.
Joseph Trpkosh of route 2 was fined $100 and costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace. He was arrested Wednesday night in his car in front of the Windsor hotel with Virginia McNabb alleging threats. David Hollenbeck, 21, of North Liberty, was fined $25 and costs for disturbing the peace. $15 of the fine was suspended by Judge Harry S. Johnson after an arrest at the Wheel Inn.
Henry Wallace faced a tomato and egg barrage in Houston as he prepared to speak. John Staskiel of Kulpmont Pa admitted throwing four eggs and a tomato citing Wallaces contact with Ferdinand Smith, now under deportation orders. Three Houston youths admitted tossing tomatoes during the rally.
The United States delegation announced permanent U S delegate Warren Austin will chair the Security Council during Berlin crisis discussions, then surrender the chair to Argentina once Berlin is on the order of the day. He will preside on all other October matters unless Berlin shifts to the front.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors met September 21 1948. They approved the minutes of September 14 and adopted two resolutions routing road contracts for Federal Aid Secondary Projects 3214(1) and S-1215/1 awarding bridge work to A P Munson and Schmidt and Hanson Inc. They also approved homestead credit claim removals and issued an eviction notice under Chapter 252 1946 Code of Iowa to John Rife before adjourning to September 28 1948.
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